Project Spaces: Call for Applications

Applications are invited from artists working within contemporary sculpture practice who would benefit from a Project Space at ESW for projects to make work or test ideas. Spaces are available from 1 February 2023.

Deadline: Tuesday 6 December 2022, 9.00am.

ESW has three shared Project Spaces, each with four quadrants:

Paolozzi Project Space and Workshops Project Space are located at workshops level in the Bill Scott Sculpture Centre. The Workshops Project Space is a new Project Space in the Bill Scott Sculpture Centre, which will be available from 1 February 2023.

In the Creative Laboratories is the Labs Project Space, also divided into 4 quadrants, and a single outdoor Courtyard Project Space located in the South Bays.

In the shared Project Spaces, artists can apply for 1, 2 or 4 quadrants, dependent on your project.

Licences are available for up to 6 months, with minimum hire term one month.

Rates: studio rent £102 per month, per quadrant, plus ESW membership (with additional charges applying for machine use, kiln firings and consumables)

Benefits include: 24 hour access, no Session fee to use shared workshops and workspaces, free wifi, studio holder opportunities.

To apply: email completed application form including an outline of your proposed project (or any questions) to Lynn Cowan: lynn@edinburghsculpture.org. Please include: 8 images of your work (or links to video / sound work), image list (one side of A4), artist statement (one side of A4). Maximum email attachment (total) is 10MB.

For full information on the Project Spaces and to download the Application Form, click here

Equalities  
We welcome applications from everyone. We positively encourage applications from minority ethnic backgrounds including:  

  • Black, Asian and People of colour 
  • Disabled people including people with mental health issues or long-term health conditions or chronic illness or learning disabled  
  • LGBTQIA+  
  • Unemployed/low waged
  • People from lower socio-economic backgrounds